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A 

THIRD  DAY 


IN 


MARY  CARROWS  SCHOOL. 


HISTORY    OF    MARY,    THE    TEACHER. 

Mary  rose  very  early  in  the  morning,  be- 
fore five  o'clock.  She  opened  her  chamber 
window  to  let  in  the  fresh  air,  and  she  said 
aloud,  "  Oh !  how  beautiful  is  morning  !" 

The  rain  had  ceased;  but  there  were  little 
shining  drops  all  over  the  grass  and  on  the 
leaves  and  flowers ;  the  birds  were  up,  sing- 

5 


6  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

ing  their  morning  songs,  and  the  air  was  full 
of  sweet-smelling  odours.  There  was  a  grape- 
vine, in  blossom,  just  under  Mary's  window; 
and  a  honeysuckle,  which  was  trained  up  the 
wall  on  one  side  of  it,  and  a  sweet  brier  on 
the  other  side,  both  in  full  flower,  sent  out 
such  a  delicious  fragrance  that  she  stood  there 
a  long  time  to  enjoy  it. 

Mary  thought  of  her  mother,  who  had 
died  when  she,  was  a  very  little  girl,  and  she 
remembered  that  her  mother  had  taught  her 
to  get  up  early,  and  see  the  sun  rise,  and  hear 
the  birds  sing,  and  snuff  the  fresh  morning 
air.  Her  mother  had  told  her  that  our  hea- 
venly Father  intended  we  should  enjoy  the 
beautiful  world  which  he  had  made.  For 
this   end  he   gave  us  all  the   flowers   and 


MARY    CARROWS    SCHOOL.  7 

the  green  fields,  and  the  springs  of  water, 
and  the  blue  sky,  and  the  clouds,  and  the 
high  hills,  and  the  music  which  the  little 
birds  made. 

Then  Mary  repeated  some  verses  from  the 
Bible,  which  her  mother  had  taught  her  to 
say,  as  they  walked  out  together  before  she 
was  old  enough  to  read. 

0  Lord,  how  manifold  are  thy  works  ! 
In  wisdom  hast  thou  made  them  all : 
The  earth  is  full  of  thy  riches .*  I 

Thou  makest  the  outgoings  of  the  morning  and  evening 

to  rejoice,  ^j*  m  ^ 

Thou  visitest  the  earth  and  waterest  it  j 
Thou  makest  it  soft  with  showers ; 
Thou  blessest  the  springing  thereof. 
Thou  crownest  the  year  with  thy  goodness  \ 
And  thy  paths  drop  fatness. 

*  Psalm  civ,  24. 


8  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

The  little  hills  rejoice  on  every  side. 
The  pastures  are  clothed  with  flocks  ; 
The  valleys  also  are  covered  over  with  corn; 
They  shout  for  joy,  they  also  sing.* 

Mary  remembered  that  her  good  mother 
had  taught  her  to  try  to  think  of  her  hea- 
venly Father  as  soon  as  she  awoke  in  the 
morning.  She  had  told  her  that  He  watched 
over  her  while  she  slept,  and  that  before 
she  left  her  chamber,  she  should  ask  him  to 
watch  over  her  in  the  day  as  well  as  in 
the  night,  aiid  help  her  to  love  him,  that  she 
might  be  a  good  and  a  happy  little  girl. 

Mary  thought  of  all  these  things  as  she 
stood  by  the  window,  and  her  heart  was 
touched  and  warmed  with  love  and  gratitude 
to  her   heavenly  Father,  who   had  blessed 

*  Psalm  lxv. 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  9 

her,  and  watched  over  her  all  her  life  long. 
He  had  given  her  a  good  mother ;  and  after  He 
had  taken  her  mother  away  to  live  in  hea- 
ven with  Christ  Jesus  our  blessed  Saviour, 
and  all  the  holy  angels  and  happy  saints  for 
ever  and  ever,  He  had  still  cared  for  her,  and 
provided  her  with  kind  friends.  Her  father 
died  when  she  was  a  baby,  and  her  mother 
died  when  she  was  only  nine  years  old;  and 
now  Mary  had  no  parents;  but  she  remem- 
bered that  it  is  written  in  the  Bible,  God  is 
a  father  of  the  fatherless. 

Mary  felt  very  happy.  Her  heart  was  full 
of  love  to  God,  her  Saviour,  and  of  thankful- 
ness for  his  protecting  care ;  and  she  sang  the 
following  little  hymn,  because  it  expressed 
her  thoughts  and  desires  on  this  beautiful 


10  A   THIRD    DAY    IN 

summer  morning.  She  was  quite  alone  in 
her  chamber,  where  no  one  could  hear  her, 
but  she  knew  that  God  could  hear  her. 


THE    TEACHERS    MORNING    HYMN. 

Father  !  on  this  lovely  morning, 
Up  to  Thee  my  thoughts  take  wing : 

With  the  little  hills  rejoicing, 
With  the  birds  I  sing. 

All  the  air  is  filled  with  praises — - 
All  thy  wondrous  works  proclaim, 

In  one  sweet  harmonious  chorus, 
"Hallowed  be  thy  name  I" 


Fa 


ther  !  wilt  thou  warm  and  water 
My  heart  with  Thy  sun  and  showers, 
Even  as  Thy  hand  sustaineth, 
Birds,  fruits  and  flowers. 

While  in  love  toward  Thee  it  turneth, 
Thy  rich  blessing,  oh  renew ! 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  11 

As  the  lily's  cup  thou  fillest 
With  the  grateful  dew. 

Up  to  me,  sweet  childhood  looketh, 
Heart,  and  mind,  and  soul,  awake, 

Teach  me  of  Thy  ways,  0  Father  ! 
For  sweet  childhood's  sake. 

In  their  young  hearts,  soft  and  tender, 

Guide  my  hand  good  seed  to  sow, 
That  its  blossoming  may  praise  Thee 

Wheresoe'er  they  go. 

Give  to  me  a  cheerful  spirit, 

That  my  little  flock  may  see 
It  is  good  and  pleasant  service, 

To  be  taught  of  Thee. 

Father,  order  all  my  footsteps; 

So  direct  my  daily  way, 
That  in  following  me,  the  children 

May  not  go  astray. 

Let  thy  holy  counsel  lead  me — 
Let  thy  light  before  me  shine — 


12  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

That  they  may  not  stumble  over 
Word,  or  deed  of  mine. 

Draw  us,  hand  in  hand,  to  Jesus, 

For  his  word's  sake,  unforgot, 
Let  athe  little  ones  come  to  me, 

And  forbid  them  not." 

Mary  had  been  taught  neat  habits  when 
she  was  a  child,  and  she  still  observed  them. 
She  never  left  her  chamber  in  the  morning, 
until  her  bed  was  made,  and  every  thing  was 
put  into  its  place.  When  she  rose,  she  took 
off  her  night  dress,  and  put  on  a  dressing 
gown  which  hung  in  the  wardrobe  or  clothes- 
press  ;  then  she  took  the  bed-clothes  from  the 
bed,  and  turned  them,  with  her  night-dress, 
to  the  window,  to  air ;  then  she  shook  up  the 
bolster  and  pillows,  and  placed  them  on  the 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  13 

window-sill;  and  after  she  had  combed  her 
hair,  and  washed  her  person,  and  had  tho- 
roughly cleaned  her  teeth  and  nails,  which 
occupied  some  time,  she  made  her  bed,  and 
dusted  the  furniture  before  she  finished 
dressing. 

Such  was  the  beginning  of  Mary's  day. 
She  always  looked  fresh  and  pure,  and  came 
down  stairs  in  the  morning  with  a  pleasant 
face. 


14  A    THIRD    DAY   IN 

After  breakfast,  Mary  set  out  for  school 
early,  and  alone ;  and  she  told  Charles  and 
Harry  Linn  and  their  sister  Lucy,  to  come 
at  school-time. 

Mary  walked  slowly  along,  stopping  by  the 
way  to  gather  a  nosegay  of  wild  flowers.  She 
found  violets  and  the  delicate  white  anemone, 
and  buttercups  and  daisies. 

The  grass  was  quite  wet,  but  Mary  did  not 
mind  that,  for  she  had  thick  shoes  on,  and 
she  made  a  beautiful  bright  nosegay  for  the 
school-room.  She  liked  to  make  it  look  plea- 
sant to  her  scholars,  and  she  opened  all  the 
windows  to  let  in  the  pure  morning  air,  and 
placed  her  flower-pot  where  they  could  all 
see  it.     After  she  had  arranged  the  room  to 


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MARY    CARROw's    SCHOOL.  15 

her  liking,  she  sat  down  in  the  doorway  to 
select  a  portion  of  Scripture  for  the  evening 
reading ;  and  then  she  read  a  chapter  to  her- 
self, which  was  her  daily  practice.  Mary 
was  still  sitting  in  the  doorway  thinking  about 
what  she  had  been  reading,  when  her  scholars 
began  to  arrive. 

Carry  Deacon  was  the  first  to  come,  and  she 
ran  up  to  Mary  to  kiss  her,  and  tell  her  that 
she  had  not  stopped  on  her  way  to  school  to 
see  Mike  Terry's  kittens ;  she  had  only  just 
peeped  through  the  garden-railing  as  she 
passed  by,  to  look  at  his  rabbits — little  white 
rabbits  with  pink  eyes. 

A  group  of  very  happy  little  boys  and  girls 
were  Mary's  scholars.  They  had  now  all 
collected  for  school  on  the  green  before  the 


16  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

door,  and  they  were  pressing  round  Charles 
Linn  to  see  a  new  kite,  which  he  had  made 
at  home,  all  himself.  Mary  had  told  Charles 
he  might  bring  it  to  school  with  him  if  he 
would  put  it  out  of  sight  until  recess  time. 
Charles  said  to  his  little  schoolmates : 

We  must  put  it  away, 
Till  we  go  out  to  play; 
And  then  we  can  try, 
How  high  it  will  fly. 

Mary  gave  leave  for  all  of  them  to  go  with 
Charles,  down  to  the  tool-house,  in  the  wood, 
where  they  kept  their  playthings,  to  help 
him  put  it  away.  Some  of  them  took  hold 
of  the  kite,  and  one  carried  the  little  piece 
of  wood  on  which  the  string  was  wound :  and 
the  little  ones  carried  the  tail  of  the  kite. 


MARY    CARROw's    SCHOOL.  17 

After  it  was  put  away  they  all  returned  to 
school,  in  love  and  good  humour  one  with 
another. 

This  was  Geography  morning.  The  lessons 
were  first  said,  and  afterwards  Mary  had  those 
who  studied  the  map,  to  find  upon  it  all  the 
places  which  they  had  described  in  their  les- 
son. Then  she  took  a  long  stick,  or  rod,  for 
a  pointer,  and  told  them  to  stand  off  at  a  little 
distance  from  the  map,  so  that  they  could  not 
read  the  names  of  the  places,  and  as  she 
pointed  out  the  rivers  and  towns,  and  bays 
and  creeks  upon  the  map,  they  could  tell  her 
what  each  one  was  named. 

The  geography  lesson  of  the  little  ones, 
was  a  set  of  questions  which  Mary  had  pre- 
pared ;  and  my  little  readers  who  live  in  the 


18  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

country  may  perhaps  like  to  try  to  answer 
them. 

In  what  country  do  you  live  ? 

In  what  State  ? 

In  what  county  ? 

Near  what  large  town  ? 

What  do  the  farmers  cultivate  in  the  part 
of  the  country  where  you  live  ? 

In  what  month  do  they  plant  corn  ? 

When  do  they  plant  potatoes  ? 

When  do  they  sow  wheat  ? 

When  do  they  sow  rye  ? 

What  kinds  of  fruit  are  produced  in  the 
orchards  and  gardens  ? 

How  is  the  market  of  the  large  town  near 
which  you  live  supplied  with  provisions  for 
the  people  to  eat  ? 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  19 

When  this  class  had  taken  their  seats, 
Charles  Linn  came  up  to  Mary,' and  whispered 
to  her  that  he  would  like  to  ask  a  question. 
Mary  gave  him  leave,  and  he  asked  if  those 
who  lived  in  towns  would  not  starve,  if  the 
country  people  did  not  bring  food  to  market 
for  them  to  eat  ?  "  Mary,"  said  Charles,  very 
earnestly,  "the  people  in  the  city  could  not 
do  without  country  people,  could  they?" 

Mary  told  him  that  people  in  the  city  could 
not  get  along  very  well  without  country  peo- 
ple, and  country  people  could  not  get  along 
very  well  without  them.  The  farmers  take 
meat  and  vegetables,  and  grain  and  fruit, 
and  butter  and  milk,  to  market,  to  sell  to 
the  citizens.  They  get  money  for  all  these 
things,  and  with  the  money  which  they  get, 


20  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

they  buy  from  the  shops  and  stores  what 
they  cannot  buy  at  home.  They  buy  books 
to  read,  and  hats  and  shoes  and  other  cloth- 
ing, and  sugar  and  molasses,  and  tea  and 
coffee,  and  many  other  things  which  do  not 
grow  on  farms  in  the  country.  We  get  all 
the  books  from  which  you  learn  your  lessons, 
and  the  maps  and  slates  and  pictures  and 
our  Bibles  too,  from  the  book-stores  in  towns. 
And  you  would  not  like  to  do  without  any 
of  these  things,  would  you  ?" 

Charles  said,  "No,  indeed  I  should  not." 
Charles  looked  very  thoughtful,  and  Mary 
asked  him  if  there  was  any  thing  else  he 
would  like  to  know. 

"I  was  thinking  about  something  my  fa- 
ther said  at  the  breakfast  table  this  morning. 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  21 

I  do  not  quite  remember  it,  but  I  think  be 
meant  what  you  have  been  explaining  to  me. 
Will  you  please  to  make  me  understand, 
Mary?" 

"  I  will  try,  Charles.  Your  father  remarked 
that  our  all-wise  and  merciful  Creator  has  so 
ordered  our  wants  and  needs,  that  all  classes 
of  men  are  dependent  upon  one  another  for 
support.  He  meant  by  this,  that  farmers 
and  merchants,  and  mechanics  and  authors, 
and  men  of  almost  every  honest  occupation, 
and  poor  people  and  rich  people  are  neces- 
sary one  to  another. 

"  In  saying  this,  your  father  told  us  one  of 
the  most  important  truths  of  this  kind  which 
we  can  learn ;  but,  you  know,  he  was  con- 
versing with  Doctor  May,  and  he  did  not 


22  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

speak  so  that  a  little  boy  like  you  could  fully 
understand  him. 

"  I  will  try  to  explain  to  you  so  much  of 
what  he  said  as  you  are  capable  of  compre- 
hending." Charles  looked  very  much  pleased, 
and  Mary  saiu,  "  You  know,  your  father  took 
you  to  the  city  last  week  to  see  a  ship.  That 
ship  belonged  to  a  merchant,  and  how  do  you 
suppose  he  got  it?" 

Charles  said  he  did  not  know. 

"  I  will  tell  you,"  said  Mary.  "  A  mechanic 
called  a  ship-carpenter  built  it  for  him.  The 
merchant  could  not  have  built  it  for  himself. 
He  had  to  call  a  ship-builder,  and  tell  him 
what  he  wanted,  and  then  the  ship-carpenter, 
with  his  men,  built  it,  and  the  merchant  paid 
him  with  his  money.     Do  you  see  now  how 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  23 

merchants  and  mechanics  are  dependent  upon 
one  another?" 

"Yes,"  Charles  said. 

"  I  will  tell  you  more  about  a  ship,"  said 
Mary.  "You  know,  that  when  you  came 
home,  you  told  us  about  all  that  you  saw  in 
the  ship.  You  said  the  ship  had  masts  and 
sails,  and  ladders  made  of  rope,  on  which  the 
sailors  went  up  to  spread  out  the  sails,  or  to 
take  them  in ;  and  you  saw  the  little  house 
on  the  deck  where  the  steersman  stood  to 
guide  the  ship  over  the  ocean ;  and  the  cabin, 
furnished  just  like  a  parlour,  and  the  berths 
for  sleeping  rooms. 

"  Before  he  could  have  all  these  necessary 
things  in  his  ship,  somebody  must  go  into  the 
woods  and  cut  down  the  trees,  out  of  which 


24  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

all  the  timber  was  got,  and  then  it  must  be 
sawed  into  large  and  small  sticks  and  into 
boards  and  planks.  Then,  too,  the  merchant 
had  to  employ  a  sail-maker  to  make  the  sails, 
and  a  rope-maker  to  make  the  ropes,  and  a 
cabinet-maker  to  make  sofas  and  tables.  So 
you  see  that  the  merchant  cannot  carry  on 
his  business  without  the  help  of  all  these 
different  workmen  and  tradesmen,  and  they 
could  not  get  money  unless  they  earned  it 
by  working  at  their  trades.  Then  there  must 
be  a  captain  and  mates,  and  sailors,  to  take 
the  ship  on  her  voyage,  for  she  could  not  sail 
without  them.  The  merchant  pays  them  for 
taking  care  of  his  ship,  and  with  the  money 
they  receive  from  him  they  support   their 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  25 

wives  and  children  who  stay  at  home  while 
they  are  away  at  sea." 

"I  understand  now,  how  merchants  and 
mechanics  are  dependent  upon  one  another," 
said  Charles.  "  But,  Mary,  are  all  sorts  of  peo- 
ple dependent  upon  one  another  in  the  same 
way  ?     Are  we  dependent  upon  merchants  ?" 

"  Yes,"  said  Mary. 

"  The  merchant's  ship  goes  away  across  the 
ocean  to  foreign  countries,  and  brings  back 
sugar  and  salt,  and  tea  and  coffee,  and  cloth 
and  silks,  and  many  other  things  which  we 
use  in  our  houses.  Do  you  see  now,  how  we 
are  dependent  upon  the  merchants  V 

"Yes,"  said  Charles,  "for  we  could  not 
get  these  things  unless  the  merchant  brought 
them  in  his  ship." 


26  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

"Now,  Mary,  will  you  tell  us,  how  we  are 
dependent  upon  authors  and  doctors  and 
mechanics  ?" 

Mary.  "Do  you  not  know  that  printers  and 
shoemakers  and  carpenters  are  mechanics  ?" 

Charles  said,  "He  never  knew  exactly  what 
a  mechanic  was  until  Mary  told  him." 

Mary.  "  We  could  not  get  our  books  print- 
ed, you  know,  without  the  printers.  We  could 
not  get  our  shoes  made,  without  the  shoe- 
makers, and  we  should  have  no  comfortable 
convenient  houses  to  live  in,  if  the  carpenters 
did  not  build  them  for  us. 

"Authors  are  persons  who  write  books,  and 
if  authors  did  not  write  books,  printers  could 
not  print  them ;  and  you  see  that  an  author 
must  write,  and  a  printer  must  print  what 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  27 

he  writes,  before  we  can  have  our  books  to 
learn  from. 

"If  we  are  sick,  we  send  for  a  doctor,  be- 
cause he  can  tell  what  ails  us..  The  doctor's 
business  is  to  learn  a  great  deal  about  the 
human  body,  which  we  have  no  opportunity 
to  learn.  He  knows  where  our  brains  lie ; 
and  where  our  heart  is ;  and' where  the  lungs 
are  placed  through  which  we  breathe ;  and 
he  can  tell  how  our  bones  are  knit  together, 
and  what  is  the  office  of  every  nerve  and 
fibre  and  muscle  in  our  bodies.  His  know- 
ledge teaches  him  the  laws  by  which  we  move 
our  tongues  and  our  heads  and  our  limbs; 
and  if  we  are  sick,  he  knows  that  something 
within  us  is  out  of  order,  and  that  disease  is 
the  consequence,  and  he  can  often  tell  what 


28  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

the  disease  is.  Thus  you  see  we  are  depend- 
ent upon  the  doctor,  when  we  most  need  help, 
that  is,  when  we  are  sick  and  cannot  help 
ourselves.  And  if  it  pleases  our  heavenly 
Father  that  we  should  be  restored  to  health, 
the  doctor's  knowledge  of  our  bodies  enables 
him  to  cure  us." 

Charles.  "I  know  now,  what  my  mother 
meant,  when  she  said  a  little  verse  about  God, 
after  brother  Harry  got  well  of  the  measles." 

Mary.     "  Will  you  repeat  it  Charles  ?" 

"God  blessed  the  doctor's  skill; 

My  heart  is  full  of  joy, 
That  it  has  been  Our  Father's  will 

To  give  me  back  my  boy/' 

Mary's  scholars  were  all  listening  to  her 
talk  with  Charles  Linn :  and  she  told  them 
that  our  heavenly  Father  designed  all  classes 


MARY    CARROw's     SCHOOL.  29 

of  men  to  help  one  another,  and  he  requires 
them  to  love  one  another  too. 

"Are  we  to  love  everybody,  Mary?"  asked 
Susan  Field. 

"  Yes/'  said  Mary.  "  If  we  love  God,  we  can- 
not help  loving  every  one  whom  he  has  made : 
and  if  we  do  not  love  God,  we  cannot  love  our 
fellow  beings  as  we  ought  to  love  them." 

"  But  we  are  not  to  love  little  dirty  ragged 
boys  and  girls;  are  we,  Mary?"  said  Susan. 

Mary.  "  Yes !  and  we  are  to  try  to  do 
them  good :  but  we  cannot  love  them  and  do 
them  good  unless  we  love  our  heavenly  Fa- 
ther. If  we  ask  our  heavenly  Father  for  his 
help,  he  will  teach  us  by  his  good  Spirit  in 
our  hearts  how  we  may  show  our  love  to  him. 
And  if  we  love  him,  we  shall  feel  as  if  we 


30  A   THIRD    DAY    IN 

wanted  to  do  something  even  for  poor  little 
ragged  boys  and  girls;  and  when  we  help 
them,  or  instruct  them,  we  shall  find  out  in 
what  ways  the  rich  and  the  poor  are  depend- 
ent upon  one  another. 

"And  now,  we  must  not  talk  any  more  at 
present :  I  intend  to  give  you  a  long  recess 
this  morning.  I  promised  you,  you  know,  to 
go  out  with  you  to  gather  flowers  and  plants 
for  our  botanical  exercise." 

Mary's  little  boys  and  girls  went  cheerfully 
to  their  seats  to  look  over  their  reading  lesson. 
Soon  she  heard  them  read  aloud,  one  by  one, 
first  the  large  scholars,  and  afterwards  the 
smaller  ones,  who  were  just  learning  to  read, 
and  she  made  them  spell  every  word  as  they 
went   along.     When  the  reading  was  over, 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  31 

they  each  repeated  a  Bible  verse,  which  Mary 
required  them  to  learn  at  home ;  and  then 
Mary  rang  the  little  bell  for  a  recess. 

There  was  great  alacrity  in  putting  up 
books  and  slates,  and  soon  every  boy  and  girl 
was  ready  for  a  long  walk  with  Mary. 

Charles  Linn  ran  off  to  the  tool-house,  and 
all  the  boys  and  girls  after  him,  calling  out : — 

"  Now  for  my  kite  !    Now  for  my  kite !" 

When  he  attempted  to  take  it  out,  he  found 
that  the  bobs  of  paper,  of  which  the  tail  was 
made,  had  been  so  twisted  about  and  en- 
tan'gled  in  the  string  that  he  could  not  dis- 
engage them.  The  more  he  tried,  the  more 
entangled  they  became.  The  scholars  were 
all  round  the  kite,  waiting  to  see  how  high 
it  would  fly;  for  Charles  had  told  them  it 


32  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

would  fly  away  almost  up  to  the  clouds,  until 
it  looked  no  bigger  than  one  of  their  balls. 

Mary  had  stopped  to  gather  a  bunch  of 
dogwood  blossoms,  and  now  they  all  ran  in 
search  of  her.  They  knew  she  could  help 
Charles  out  of  his  trouble  about  the  kite. 
They  found  her  coming  towards  them ;  and 
she  laid  down  her  flowers  and  took  the  kite 
out  of  Charles'  hand,  and  showed  him  how  to 
disengage  the  papers  from  the  string;  and  then 
she  showed  him  how  to  prevent  such  a  mis- 
hap in  future,  by  putting  it  away  more  care- 
fully. 

Mary  told  Charles  he  must  not  attempt  to 
fly  his  kite  in  the  woods,  for  it  would  be 
taught  in  the  tops  of  the  trees.  She  led  the 
way  across  a  little  stream  of  water,  which 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  33 

Mary  first,  and  her  scholars  after  her,  had  to 
jump  over,  into  a  fine  open  meadow.  Soon 
up  went  the  kite,  and  the  boys  cried  out, 

"  Hurrah  for  the  kite !  Hurrah  for  Charles 
Linn's  wonderful  kite !" 

It  rose  higher  and  higher ;  and  Charles  was 
so  proud  of  having  them  to  praise  his  kite, 
that  when  he  had  unwound  the  string  to  the 
very  end,  he  thought  he  would  like  to  have 
it  rise  higher  still,  and  very  foolishly  let  go 
the  end  of  the  string. 

Poor  Charles  !  He  had  scarcely  let  it  go 
when  the  kite  began  to  come  down,  and  pre- 
sently it  plumped  into  the  water,  near  where 
they  were  standing.  Charles  looked  as  if  he 
would  cry — but  Mary  laughed  and  said — 

3 


34  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

"  My  kite,  my  kite  !  I've  lost  my  kite  ! 
Oh  when  I  saw  the  steady  flight 
With  which  it  gained  its  lofty  height, 
How  could  I  know  that  letting  go 
That  paltry  string  would  bring  so  low 
My  pretty,  buoyant,  darling  kite  ! 
My  kite !  My  kite !  how  sad  to  think, 
It  flew  so  high,  so  low  to  sink  !" 

"  Never  mind,  Charles.  Pick  up  your  kite, 
and  leave  it  here  to  dry,  while  we  take  our 
walk.  "We  will  not  suffer  the  loss  of  a  kite  to 
spoil  all  our  pleasure.  Another  time  you 
must  hold  the  string  fast."  Charles  looked 
very  sorrowful ;  but  Mary  helped  him  to  get 
his  kite  out  of  the  water,  and  then  she  took 
his  hand,  and  said,  "  Come  now,  let  us  have 
a  race." 

Mary  took  her  scholars  over  the  meadow, 
and  they  scampered  about  in  high  spirits; 


MARY    CARROW's     SCHOOL.  35 

sometimes  stooping  to  gather  buttercups  and 
violets ;  and  then  they  would  hold  the  butter- 
cups under  one  another's  chins,  to  see  who 
loved  butter  best.  Then  they  would  play 
tag,  and  when  they  were  tired  of  play  they 
all  sat  down  around  Mary,  on  the  grass, 
and  she  talked  to  them. 

She  showed  them  how  perfectly  the  little 
flowers  were  formed,  and  how  beautifully  the 
leaves  were  coloured  and  shaded ;  and  she 
told  them  that  our  heavenly  Father  made 
these  to  grow,  for  the  delight  of  our  eyes  and 
to  give  us  pure  tastes.  Then  she  pointed  out 
to  them  the  great  variety  of  trees,  and  their 
blossoms,  and  their  different  odours.  Mary 
wished  her  scholars  to  have  as  many  enjoy- 
ments as  their  situation  in  life  admitted  of; 


36  A   THIRD    DAY   IN 

and  she  knew  that  little  children  who  lived 
in  the  country,  would  enjoy  life  more  if  they 
were  taught  to  observe  what  was  wonderful 
and  beautiful  around  them ;  and  she  thought 
they  would  love  God  more,  if  she  taught  them 
that  He  made  every  thing  that  was  beautiful 
and  wonderful  in  the  whole  world.  Eddy 
Forester  was  lying  on  his  back  upon  the  grass, 
and  he  said, 

"  Mary,  I  like  to  look  at  the  sky  and  the 
clouds;  and  I  like  to  see  the  sky  when 
the  sun  sets  3  for  then  God  paints  the  clouds 
with  gold  and  red  and  all  the  beautiful  co- 
lours ;  and  I  like  to  look  at  the  sky  in  the 
evening,  when  the  stars  come  out.  When  it 
is  dark  and  I  go  to  bed,  I  can  see  the  sky 
through  the  window,  and  it  makes  me  think 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  37 

of  God ;  and  the  stars  seem  like  eyes  looking 
down  upon  me — like  the  angels'  eyes — the 
angels  that  live   with  God  in  heaven." 

Charles  Linn  said  he  did  not  care  about 
looking  at  the  clouds  and  the  sky.  He  would 
rather  look  at  the  cows  eating  grass. 

"  Look,  Mary,"  said  Charles.  "  There,  over 
in  the  other  meadow,  are  the  red  cow  and  her 
calf.  The  calf  is  only  four  days  old,  and  you 
know  she  is  to  be  mine.  And  there  is  Brindle, 
chewing  her  cud  under  the  great  chestnut 
tree." 

Harry  Linn  said  he  liked  horses  better  than 
cows,  and  his  father  allowed  him  to  have  a 
ride  on  the  gray  horse  every  morning  before 
school. 

Lily  Forester  was  sitting  on  Mary's  lap, 


38  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

and  Mary  said,  "And  what  does  little  Lily 
like  best  V  Lily  said,  she  liked  to  play  with 
Harry  Linn  better  than  any  thing. 

Then  Carry  Deacon  came  and  put  her  arms 
round  Mary's  neck,  and  whispered  to  her  that 
she  loved  her  better  than  playing.  Mary 
kissed  Carry  and  patted  her  dimpled  cheeks, 
and  said  to  her  : 

"You  are  a  dear,  affectionate  little  girl, 
Carry,  and  I  believe  you  think  you  love  me 
better  than  play ;  but  I  do  not  mean  to  put 
your  constancy  to  the  trial.  I  hope  we  all 
love  one  another." 

"  Yes,  that  we  do,"  said  Charles  Linn.  "  But 
hurrah  for  doing  something !  I  am  tired 
of  doing  nothing." 

It  was  so  pleasant  out  of  doors  to-day,  that 


MARY    CARROw's    SCHOOL.  39 

Mary  asked  her  scholars  if  they  would  like 
to  have  their  botanical  lesson  in  some  shady 
place  in  the  wood  instead  of  the  school-room. 
They  all  exclaimed  "  Yes !"  and  the  little  ones 
jumped  about  and  clapped  their  hands  for  joy 
that  they  could  stay  out  of  doors  a  little 
longer. 

After  they  had  selected  a  shaded  place, 
Mary  sat  down  on  the  stump  of  a  tree,  and 
they  gathered  round  her.  Mary  looked  over 
the  leaves  and  flowers  which  they  had  col- 
lected during  their  walk,  and  chose  from  them 
a  plant  which  Carry  Deacon  had  pulled  up 
out  of  the  earth.  Mary  selected  this  for  the 
first  lesson  in  botany,  because  it  was  a  perfect 
plant,  having  a  root,  stem,  branches  and 
leaves.    Mary  had  a  way  of  her  own  of  teach- 


40  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

ing  her  scholars,  and  when  she  presented  a  new 
subject  before  them,  her  first  object  was  to 
awaken  their  interest  in  it,  so  that  they  would 
desire  to  know  more  about  it.  She  held  up 
the  plant  before  them,  and  asked  who  could 
tell  her  what  it  was? 

The  scholars  all  looked  and  seemed  puzzled. 
Charles  Linn  said  it  was  a  flower ;  Eddy  Fo- 
rester said  it  was  a  flower  and  something 
more  than  a  flower ;  for  it  had  green  leaves ; 
another  said,  "Yes,  and  it  has  a  root  and 
stems." 

Mary  told  them  it  was  a  plant;  that  a 
flower  with  root,  stem,  leaves  and  branches, 
was  called  a  plant.  "And  now,"  said  she,  "I 
will  explain  to  you  the  uses  of  these  parts 
of  a  flower. 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  41 

"  The  root  holds  it  fast  in  the  earth ;  and 
the  root  sucks  drink  from  the  earth,  which 
keeps  the  plant  alive,  very  much  as  the  calf 
sucks  milk  from  the  cow  to  sustain  it." 

Eddy  Forester  looked  attentively  at  Mary 
while  she  was  speaking,  and  she  asked  him 
if  he  understood  her.  "Yes,"  said  Eddy, 
"and  I  was  thinking  about  the  verse  you  say 
sometimes,  which  has  c  Mother  Earth'  in  it. 
Is  the  earth  the  mother  of  all  plants  ?" 

"  Yes,"  said  Mary,  "  because  they  get  their 
drink  from  her  bosom,  as  very  little  children 
get  their  food  from  the  bosom  of  their  mother. 

"  Now,"  said  Mary,  "  I  wish  you  to  remem- 
ber that  the  root  of  a  plant  is  called  an  organ. 
The  plant  has  other  organs  besides  the  root, 
and  can  you  tell  me  what  they  are?"     No 


42  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

one  answered,  and  Mary  said,  "  The  stem  is 
an  organ,  and  the  branches  and  leaves  are 
organs.  I  will  tell  you  what  the  stem  is  for. 
The  stem  is  a  pipe,  which  conveys  the 
nourishing  drink  that  the  root  sucks  in  from 
the  earth,  up  into  the  leaves  and  branches." 
Mary's  scholars  came  closer  to  her,  for  they 
liked  to  hear  what  she  told  them,  because 
they  could  understand  it  all.  Then  Mary  said, 
"  I  will  tell  you  what  the  leaves  and  branches 
are  for.  The  branches  are  between  the  stem 
and  the  leaves  to  carry  the  moisture  from  the 
stem  into  the  leaves.  The  leaves  of  a  plant 
have  a  number  of  small  veins,  which  you  can 
see  if  you  examine  them;  and  these  veins 
have  little  mouths  at  their  ends,  wide  open ; 
and  though  they  are  so  small  you  cannot  see 


2Ff)frtJ    IBcijj 


Happy  children  !     Away  they  skipped      p  43 


MARY    CARROW's     SCHOOL.  43 

them  without  a  microscope,  yet  the  air  passes 
into  the  plant  through  the  mouths  of  these 
little  veins.  The  plant  could  not  live  with- 
out air  and  water,  any  more  than  one  of  us 
could  live  without  air  and  water ;  and  our 
heavenly  Father,  who  is  as  wise  as  He  is  kind 
and  good,  has  furnished  plants  with  these 
organs,  through  which  they  receive  the  sus- 
tenance which  is  necessary  to  preserve  their 
life  and  health  and  beauty." 

Mary  questioned  her  scholars  until  she  per- 
ceived by  their  answers  that  they  thoroughly 
understood  what  she  had  taught  them :  and 
then  she  dismissed  them  for  the  morning. 

Happy  little  children !  Away  they  skipped 
through  the  woods  to  their  respective  homes, 
and  Mary  followed  them  with  her  eyes  till 
they  were  quite  out  of  sight. 


44  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

In  the  afternoon,  Harry  Linn  came  running 
to  school  out  of  breath,  to  remind  Mary  of  a 
promise  she  had  made  him  at  home,  that  if 
he  was  a  good  boy,  on  the  next  sewing  after- 
noon she  would  read  aloud  some  stories  about 
the  sagacity  and  faithfulness  of  dogs.  She 
told  him  she  had  not  forgotten  it,  but  the 
lessons  must  be  said  first.  The  larger  scholars 
had  definitions  to  say,  and  Harry's  class  had 
a  spelling  and  reading  lesson. 

When  the  work-basket  was  brought  out, 
Harry  and  Lily  came  up  to  Mary  with  plea- 
sant smiling  faces,  to  know  if  they  might  pass 
the  work  round  to  day.  Mary  told  them  they 
might,  as  they  had  been  good  little  children. 

Mary  was  very  busy  this  afternoon.     She 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  45 

had  work  to  oversee,  and  crewels  to  sort  out, 
and  copies  to  set  for  the  boys,  who  did  not 
sew,  and  figures  to  make  on  Harry  Linn's 
slate.  He  was  the  only  little  boy  in  school 
who  did  not  cipher.  After  all  this  was  done, 
Mary  read  to  them.  When  the  large  boys 
had  finished  their  copies,  they  took  their  slates 
to  do  sums,  and  Mary  instructed  them  and 
assisted  them  when  they  needed  help.  Mary 
never  wearied  the  little  ones  with  any  one 
study  or  occupation ;  and  when  she  observed 
that  Harry  Linn  had  made  three  rows  of 
figures  on  his  slate,  and  that  Ellen  Raby  and 
Lily  Forester  had  finished  their  little  tasks 
of  sewing,  she  called  them  to  her  to  say  the 
Multiplication  Table  in  concert.  Then  she 
asked  them  some  questions.     Thus — 


46  A   THIRD    DAY    IN 

"  Harry,  if  you  had  an  orange,  and  Lily 
had  two,  and  Ellen  had  three,  and  Lily  and 
Ellen  gave  you  their  oranges,  how  many 
'would  you  have  ?  Harry  answered,  "  Six." 
Mary  asked  them  a  number  of  such  questions, 
for  she  wished  to  make  them  understand  what 
arithmetic  was  for,  before  she  taught  them 
to  do  sums  on  their  slates. 

Harry's  father  had  shown  him  the  picture 
of  a  blind  beggar  and  his  dog,  at  home,  and 
there  was  a  story  about  it,  which  Mary  had 
promised  to  read  aloud  this  afternoon. 

THE   BLIND    BEGGAR     AND    HIS    DOG. 

A  blind  beggar  used  to  be  led  about  the 
streets  of  Home  by  a  dog  of  middle  size. 
This  dog  led  his  master  so  as  to  protect  him 


E\)ivti  JBag. 


The  Blind  Beggar  and  his  dog,      p    46 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  47 

from  all  danger,  and  he  learned  to  distinguish, 
not  only  the  streets,  but  the  houses  where  his 
master  was  accustomed  to  receive  alms  twice 
or  thrice  a  week.  Whenever  the  animal  came 
to  any  of  these  streets,  with  which  he  was 
well  acquainted,  he  would  not  leave  it  till  a 
call  had  been  made  at  every  house  where  his 
master  was  usually  successful  in  his  petitions. 
When  the  beggar  began  to  ask  alms,  the  dog, 
being  wearied,  lay  down  to  rest;  but  the 
master  was  no  sooner  served,  or  refused,  than 
the  dog  rose,  and  without  either  order  or  sign, 
proceeded  to  the  other  houses,  where  the  beg- 
gar generally  received  some  gratuity.  If  a 
halfpenny  was  thrown  from  a  window,  such 
were  the  sagacity  and  attention  of  this  dog, 
that  he  went  about  in  quest  of  it,  lifted  it 


48  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

from  the  ground  with  his  mouth,  and  put  it 
into  his  master's  hat.  Even  when  bread  was 
thrown  down,  the  animal  would  not  taste  it, 
unless  he  received  a  portion  of  it  from  the 
hand  of  his  master.  When  the  beggar  was 
very  weary,  he  would  sometimes  lean  his  head 
on  the  top  of  his  staff  and  doze  for  a  moment 
or  two.  Then  the  dog  would  sit  down  and 
watch  him,  and  as  soon  as  his  master  started, 
the  faithful  creature  was  up  in  an  instant, 
ready  for  another  march. 

Mary's  scholars  thought  that  was  a  beauti- 
ful story,  and  they  were  eager  to  hear  some- 
thing more  about  dogs. 

Mary  told  them,  that  if  they  chose  to  re- 
main in  school,  instead  of  going  out  to  play 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  49 

at  recess-time,  she  would  read  to  them  an- 
other story.  So  they  all  agreed  to  give  up 
the  recess-play,  for  the  sake  of  another 
story. 

KITTY    GREEN    AND    THE    DOG    CAIRO. 

Kitty  Green  was  a  little  girl  who  lived 
with  her  uncle  and  aunt,  in  the  country. 
Her  uncle  worked  in  the  fields  at  harvest 
time ;  and  Kitty  liked  to  go  out  into  the  fields 
where  he  was  making  hay  and  tumble  about 
in  it.  Sometimes  her  uncle  would  toss  her 
up  on  the  top  of  the  wagon,  when  it  was 
loaded  with  the  sweet,  fresh  hay,  and  allow 
her  to  have  a  ride ;  and  he  called  her  his 
little  harvester. 

One  afternoon,  during  the  time  of  wheat 


50  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

harvest,  her  aunt  was  very  busy,  and  she 
asked  Kitty,  if  she  could  carry  out  to  her 
uncle,  in  the  field,  some  biscuits  and  home- 
made beer.  Kitty  said  she  would  like  to  go ; 
and  her  aunt  put  the  biscuits  and  beer  into  a 
little  basket,  and  covered  them  over  with  a 
napkin,  and  gave  the  basket  to  Kitty  to  carry 
out  to  her  uncle.  Then  she  called  the  dog 
Cairo  to  go  with  Kitty,  and  she  said  to  him, 

"  Now,  Cairo,  take  right  good  care  of  your 
little  mistress." 

Cairo  came,  and  wagged  his  tail,  and  looked 
up  at  Kitty,  as  much  as  to  say,  Yes,  I  will 
take  good  care  of  her. 

Cairo  was  very  fond  of  Kitty,  and  he  fol- 
lowed her  all  about,  and  when  she  went  to 
school,  he  would  often  carry  her  dinner  basket 


MARY    CARROw's    SCHOOL.  51 

all  the  way  to  school.  They  set  off  together, 
Kitty  with  the  basket  on  her  arm,  and 
Cairo  by  her  side. 

Kitty  was  a  great  talker,  and  she  chatted 
to  Cairo  all  the  way  as  they  went.  "Cairo," 
said  Kitty,  "you  must  be  a  very  good  dog, 
and  help  me  to  carry  the  basket,  for  I  can 
tell  you  it  is  pretty  heavy ;  and  you  need 
not  put  your  nose  into  it  either,  and  you  must 
not  wipe  your  mouth  on  the  napkin,  for  my 
uncle  will  not  thank  you  for  that." 

Cairo  seemed  delighted  to  have  his  little 
mistress  talk  to  him,  and  he  looked  up  at 
her,  just  as  if  he  knew  what  she  was  saying. 
Before  Kitty  and  Cairo  got  to  the  harvest- 
field,  she  was  very  tired ;  and  she  put  the 
basket  on  the  ground  while  she  rested,  and 


52  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

then  she  took  a  romp  with  Cairo.  Then  she 
put  one  side  of  the  handle  into  Cairo's  mouth, 
and  took  hold  of  the  other  side  herself,  and 
she  said,  "Now,  Cairo,  do  help  me,  and  I  will 
give  you  a  part  of  my  supper  to-night.  Do, 
that  is  a  good,  dear  Cairo." 

Cairo  helped  Kitty  to  carry  the  basket,  and 
they  brought  it  safely  along  to  her  uncle, 
who  was  very  glad  of  the  biscuits  and  beer. 
Kitty's  uncle  kissed  her,  and  he  stroked  Cairo, 
and  he  said, 

"  Kind  little  Kitty,  and  kind  little  Cairo, 
to  think  of  uncle  when  he  was  tired  and 
hungry." 

When  he  had  done  eating,  he  put  the 
empty  bottle  and  the  napkin  into  the  basket, 
and  gave  it  to  Kitty,  and  told  her  to  walk 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  53 

home  as  fast  as  she  could,  for  a  shower  was 
coming  up. 

Off  went  Kitty  and  Cairo,  and  they  trotted 
along  together  with  the  basket,  which  was 
quite  light  now.  Kitty  was  a  heedless  little 
girl,  and  she  soon  forgot  what  her  uncle  had 
told  her  about  the  rain  coming,  and  she  loi- 
tered along,  and  stopped  to  play  with  Cairo. 
Presently  Kitty  was  startled  by  a  loud  clap 
of  thunder.  Then  she  saw  the  bright  light- 
ning, and  that  was  followed  by  a  clap  of 
thunder  louder  than  the  first.  Kitty  was 
very  much  afraid,  and  she  trembled  all  over. 
No  one  had  ever  told  her  that  her  heavenly 
Father  caused  the  lightning  to  cut  through 
the  clouds,  and  that  the  thunder  was  made 
by  the  clouds  rushing  together  again  after 


54  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

the  lightning  had  passed  through  them. 
Then  she  felt  the  large  drops  of  rain  on  her 
neck,  and  she  began  to  cry ;  for  she  did  not 
think  about  God  sending  the  rain,  to  make  the 
grass  grow  and  to  give  drink  to  the  thirsty 
flowers.  The  rain  fell  very  fast,  and  Kitty 
cried  out,  "  Oh,  Cairo,  what  shall  we  do  ?" 

Cairo  seemed  to  know  that  Kitty  was  in 
distress,  and  he  took  hold  of  her  dress  with 
his  mouth,  as  if  he  would  pull  her  along  to 
a  pile  of  wheat-sheaves,  which  were  bound 
up  in  bundles.  Kitty  crept  under  them  and 
sat  down. 

The  faithful  dog  stayed  close  by  her  and 
tried  to  comfort  her.  He  put  his  paws  upon 
her  shoulder  and  his  head  close  up  to  her 
face,  as  if  he  would  wipe  off  her  tears.    Cairo 


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MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  55 

looked  as  if  lie  would  like  to  say,  My  dear 
little  mistress,  how  I  do  pity  you,  what  can 
I  do  for  you  ? 

Kitty  sat  there  under  the  wheat-sheaves  a 
long  time,  crying,  and  Cairo  never  left  her  for 
a  moment.  He  looked  up  into  her  face,  and 
rubbed  his  nose  over  her  hands  and  arms,  and 
there  he  stayed  and  guarded  her  as  faithfully 
as  any  little  sentinel  could,  until  the  rain  was 
over. 

When  the  rain  was  over,  he  took  the 
basket  in  his  mouth,  and  trotted  home  close 
by  the  side  of  Kitty. 

The  children  were  all  so  much  delighted 
with  the  story  of  Kitty's  affectionate  little 
dog,  that  they  begged  Mary  to  read  it  twice. 


56  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

Mary  gratified  them  whenever  she  could,  and 
she  read  it  again  to  please  them. 

When  the  occupations  of  the  afternoon 
were  finished,  Mary  said,  "  It  is  time  to  put 
up  the  things  :"  but  no  one  seemed  ready  for 
school  to  close.  Mary  liked  to  have  her 
scholars  think  school  was  a  pleasant  place, 
but  she  did  not  allow  them  to  overstay  the 
usual  time. 

"  You  know,"  said  she,  u  we  are  to  have 
the  Bible-reading  yet." 

The  work  was  all  gathered  together  by 
Harry  Linn  and  Lily  Forester;  the  books  and 
slates  were  put  into  their  places,  the  desks 
were  neatly  arranged,  and  then,  teacher  and 
scholars  repaired  to  the  oak  tree  in  the 
wood,  to  have  the  Bible-reading, 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  57 

Mary  asked  them  if  they  remembered  what 
she  had  read  to  them  yesterday  ? 

Carry  Deacon  said,  "Yes,  I  remember. 
You  read  about  Adam  and  Eve,  and  about 
our  heavenly  Father  sending  them  away  out 
of  the  beautiful  garden  of  Eden  where  they 
lived,  and  that  he  sent  them  away  because 
they  were  disobedient." 

"And,  Mary,"  said  Eddy  Forester,  "you 
told  us  you  would  read  to  us  next  time  about 
the  way  to  get  back  again  to  God,  and  the 
beautiful  garden  which  you  called  Paradise." 

Mary  read  to  her  little  scholars,  the  first, 
second  and  twelfth  verses,  in  the  second 
chapter  in  the  first  epistle  of  John;  the 
eighth  and  twenty-third  verses  in  the  third 
chapter;    and   the    seventh,   eighth,    ninth, 


58  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

tenth  and  eleventh  verses  in  the  fourth 
chapter. 

She  then  told  them,  that  Jesus  Christ  our 
Saviour,  was  sent  into  the  world,  not  only  to 
show  us  the  way  to  God  and  Paradise,  (which 
is  heaven,)  but  to  fit  us  to  go  to  that  holy 
and  happy  place. 

She  explained  to  them,  that  when  Adam 
and  Eve  had  sinned,  and  our  heavenly  Father 
sent  them  out  of  the  beautiful  garden  of  Eden, 
he  knew  they  could  not  be  happy  without 
him;  and  he  pitied  them,  and  loved  them 
so  much,  that  he  sent  his  only  Son,  Jesus 
Christ,  from  heaven  down  to  earth,  to  be 
their  Saviour,  and  our  Saviour,  and  the  Sa- 
viour of  the  whole  world. 

Our  heavenly  Father  knows  all  things,  and 


MARY   CARROw's    SCHOOL.  59 

he  knows  how  wicked  the  heart  is,  and  that 
the  wicked  one  who  had  tempted  Adam  and 
Eve  to  sin,  would  follow  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  Adam  and  Eve  wherever  they  went, 
and  that  he  would  tempt  them  to  sin  too, 
and  to  forget  Him.  And  because  he  loved 
them,  and  us,  and  everybody,  He  sent  his 
only  begotten  and  dearly  beloved  son  to  be 
our  Saviour,  to  die  for  us  and  to  teach  us 
how  to  avoid  sin,  and  how  to  come  to  him 
and  love  him,  and  to  love  one  another. 

Eddy  Forester  said,  "  Mary,  does  the  wick- 
ed tempter  follow  you  and  me  and  every- 
body r 

"  Yes,"  said  Mary,  "  and  he  is  always  try- 
ing to  make  us  sin.  He  knows,  that  if  he 
can  prevail  upon  us  to  commit  sin,  we  shall 


60  A    THIRD    DAY    IN 

be  separated  from  God.  He  hates  God,  and 
every  thing  that  is  good,  because,  where  God 
is,  he  cannot  come.  The  greatest  evil  that 
can  happen  to  any  of  us,  is  to  be  separated 
from  God,  by  sin." 

"  If  we  stay  close  to  God,  the  wicked  one 
cannot  hurt  us,  can  he,  Mary  V  said  Eddy. 

"  No !  and  if  we  ask  Him,  he  will  put  his 
good  Spirit  in  our  hearts,  and  then  there  will 
be  no  room  for  the  wicked  one.  This  good 
Spirit  of  God,  will  guide  us  to  the  knowledge 
of  our  Saviour,  and  then  we  shall  like  to 
read  about  him  in  the  Bible.  You  are  too 
young  to  understand  all  that  the  dear  Sa- 
viour has  done,  and  suffered  for  us,  to  take 
away  our  sin  and  to  make  us  the  children 
of  God  ;  but  I  want  you  to  think  about  Him 


MARY    CARROw's    SCHOOL.  61 

very  often ;  and  by  and  by,  I  hope  you  will 
know  more  than  you  do  now." 

"Then  will  we  be  our  Saviour's  little 
lambs,  Mary,"  said  Eddy,  "the  little  lambs 
that  you  once  read  to  us  about,  that  he  car- 
ried in  his  arms  ?" 

"Yes,"  said  Mary;  "it  is  a  long  journey 
back  to  God  and  to  Paradise,  and  sometimes 
there  are  very  rough  places  to  get  over ;  and 
our  Saviour  loves  his  little  lambs  so  dearly, 
that  he  carries  them  in  his  arms  over  all  the 
rough  places,  and  if  we  keep  close  to  him, 
he  can  bring  us  safely  into  the  Paradise  of 
God." 

Mary's  little  scholars  seemed  full  of  love, 
and  they  did  not  want  to  go  home,  they  felt 
so  safe  and  happy  at  school ;  but  Mary  told 


62    THIRD  DAY  IN  MARY  CARROW's  SCHOOL. 

them  their  fathers  and  mothers  would  be 
waiting  for  them,  and  now  they  must  bid  one 
another  good-bye.  Carry  Deacon  said  they 
must  have  two  kisses  apiece  from  Mary ;  so 
she  kissed  them  all  twice,  and  then  they  went 
home. 

It  is  good  to  begin  the  day  with  thoughts 
of  God,  if  we  would  have  his  blessing  upon 
its  close. 


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